Means for inflating pneumatic tires.



H. L. GORSON. MEANS FOR INPLATING PNEUMATIC TIRES.

Patented May 30, 1911.

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H. L. OORSON.

MEANS FOR INFLA'IING PNEUMATIOTIRES.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 20, 1910.

993,655, Patented May 30,1911.

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To d ll whiom it may conccrnf known that LHARRY L. .ConsoN, a cit z en of the United States, residing at Dayton, in the county of Montgomery and State.,o ,f ,O hio,'.have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Meansfor In-,

flatingPneumatic Tires; and I do declare the .following to be a full, clear, and exact. description. v of the; invention, such as wlll enable otherss'killed in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, referencebeinghad to the accompanying drawings,,and to the letters and figures of referthis specification.

'ence markedthereomwhich form a part of Thisinvention relates to "new and useful improvements in means for inflating pneumatlc tires.

I The, devices are adapted to housed on the pneumatic" tires of bicycles, motorcycles and automobiles.

'Theobjeet-of the invention is to provide a device of the above type.

In the-drawings I have illustrated my in vention in connection with a bicycle wheel. Referring to said drawings,.Figure 1 is a side elevation of a bicycle with the front and rear wheels equipped with my invention. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section through the pump. Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the pump. Fig. 4 is a,front eleva-' tion of the front fork of the bicycle, showing the actuating cam bar attached thereto. Fig. 5 is a plan view of the cam or bar which actuates the pump on the rear wheel. Fig. 6 is a detail of the holding .mechanism for the rear cam. -Fig. 7 is a detail of the slot in the cam setting rods, and Fig. 8 is a detail g of the holding mechanism for the front cam.

Throughout the specification and drawings, similar reference characters indicate 'corr'espondingparts. v

Referring more particularly to the drawings; ldesignates a bicycle frame having a rear .portionj2, and provided with a front for-k3. Mounted within said rear portion 2 and the front fork 3, are wheels 4. equipped with'pneumatic tires-'3, all of the above being common, to the well known bicycle.

' Mounted on each of the wheels 4 is a base member 6, which supports a cylinder 7.

' Adapted to reciprocate in the cylinder 7, is .a piston 8. mounted on a piston rod 9 which extends ohtthiough ihe head of the cylinder. .17.; The outerend ofthe piston rod 9 is at.

I UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE. I

HARRY L. CORSON, OF DAYTON, OHIO.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented lVItty 30, I Application filed June 20, 1910. Seria1 No. 567,853. A

MEANS FOR INFLATING PNEUMATIC TIRES. i

tached to the head of a cylinderlO bymeansi q of a thumb nut 11. The cylinder 10 isqtele at m scoped on the air cylinder 7 and its purpose,

is to protect the air cylinder from dirt or .60 other substances. A spring 12 is provided k to move the pistonjto an inner or upper p0 1 sition after said piston has been moved dowm. E.

ward to compress the air by meansherein q after described. There is also provided aieo cushion spring 13 between the piston 8 and. g the head of the cylinder'7, which prevents. pounding of the piston when said piston is g' moving inwardly. The piston 7 is connects ed to a valve 14 of the tire 5 by 'a flexible connection 15, through which the airp asses from the cylindcr to the tire, An auxiliary valve 16 may be provided, which prevcl li mi 1;? ,escape of the air from the tire 5 should they main valve14t fail, see Fig. 3. .To preventyys the guide cylinder 10 rotatingor twistinl fiilk on the cylinder 7, there is provided a rod .,1 7,- which extends upwardly. from the base. ne no: ber 6, through guides 18 on the cylinder l,0,., i The pump cylinder 7 and theguldecy'l,1n o der 10, fit closely, therefore water orotl e foreign substances are prevented from entering the pump cylinder.

The piston 8, the piston rod 9 and the cylindcr 10 are reciprocated to compress the air to'infiate the tire as follows. Mounted on the side of the cylinder 10 and supported by a bracket 18 is a grooved roller 19 of any suitable material. This roller 19 is adapted to engage a movable curved bar or cam 20, the mounting of which may be varied to suit the vehicle to which the device is attached. As shown in the drawings, the forward cam '20 is pivoted at 21 to a bracket 22 attached to a frame 23. The frame 23 is attached to the front fork 3 by clips 24 and is provided with a clip 25 which pro vents said frame sliding on the fork. The cam20 is rockedon its pivot by a rod-25 provided with a slot 26 which straddlesa pin 27 on a bracket 28 extending from the frame 23.. When the cam 20is in a lower position, it is radial with the center of the wheel and is inoperative, as it is not engaged by the I roller 19 during the rotation of the wheel. 105 When said cam 20 is in an upper position,o r' I that shown in dotted lines on th'eforward wheel, the rolle1u-l9 will contact with the cam 20, during the rotation of. the wheel,

moving the piston 8 outwardly, compressing the air therein and forcing it into the tire 5 through the connection 15, and valves 14 and 16.' The cam 20 may be held in its upper position by a notch 29 adapted to receive a pin 27, said pinbeing held within the notch by a spring 30, see Fig. 7. The rear cam 20 is actuated similar to the forward cam and is pivoted at 31 '00 a clip 32 at tached to the rear frame portion 2. The cam 20 isalso provided with a rod 25 which straddles a pin 33 mounted on a clip 34. The rear rod 25 is also provided with a notch 29 which is held on the pin 33 by a spring 35 when the rear cam is in a setpositio'n, see Fig. 6. The rods 25 are within reach of the rider, and when he desires to inflate the tires, he may set the cams 20 by means of said levers, thereby allowing the roller 19 to contact with'the cams which actuate the pumps and thereby inflate the tires. I

I claim:

1. In a device of the type specified, the combination with a vehicle wheel having a pneumatic tire, of an air cylinder mounted on the rim of said wheel and communicating with the interior of the tire, a piston in said air cylinder having a rod extending therefrom, a protecting cylinder telescoped ber andgada-pted to move the protecting cylinder and the piston in the direction to com press air in the air cylinder as said cyllnder is carried around by the wheel, and a lever connected to said actuating bar for control ling the position of said bar, substantially as specified.

2. In a device of the type specified the combination with a vehicle wheel having a pneumatic tire, of an air cylinder attached to the rim of said wheel and communicating with the interior of the tire, a piston in said air cylinder, a protecting cylinder telescoped on the air cylinder, a piston rod connecting. the piston and the protecting cylinder, a spring inclosing. said pistonrod within the protecting cylinder and adapted to return said cylinder and the piston to a normal j position, an actuating bar adapted to move,

said protecting cylinder and the piston as they are carried around with the wheel, and.

HARRY L. consort.

Witnesses:

R. J M CARTY, HOWARD S. SMITH. 

